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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

10,372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250

Motor Boat Club of N.s.w

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 14

Members of the Motor Boat Club of N.S.W are to rendezvous at Cremorne on Saturday afternoon to witness the start and finish of the ocean race from Cremorne to Botany and back. The event is a sweepstake, and as…

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Motoring. Saturday's Fixtures

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 14

Automobile Club of Australia.--Run to Port Hacking. Motor Boat Club of N.S.W.--Occan race from Cremorne to Botany and back. Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W.--Open hill-climbing…

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Tram for Bronte

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 8

Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., accompanied by the Mayor of Waverley, Ald. Watkins, Dr. Lamrock, and Mr. D. Brown, waited upon the Minister for Works on Monday with reference to connecting…

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Sporting Review. Autumn Raging Carnival. Rising Cricketers. Racing Fixtures for 1910. Arnst V. Pearce. Amateur Oarsmen. Great Light-weight Battle. Golf Gossip. the Game of Bowls Rowing Notes. New Zealand Sculling Handicap Betting Laws. Turf Notes, and Tips. Cycling, Motoring, Sailing, Swimming, Athletics, Boxing, Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 13

The Warwick Farm Stud Company has for sale privately a number of well-bred horses of various ages by Dorchester, Orzil, Louis XIII., Gauleon, and Riding Master, of which inspection is invited. Among the…

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In a Tram Car

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 59

The electric tram had reached the terminus, and the conductor smartly seized the trolleypole and swung it round to the other end. The lights of course, went out, and before…

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Run Over by a Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 8

Sydney M'Kinlay, 41, a tinsmith, employed at the Sydney Meat Preserving Company's works. Auburn, endeavoured to board a moving train going to Sydney on Tuesday…

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New York Bridge-building. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

The Manhattan Bridge, being the fourth over East River, New York city, which cost £5,200,000, has been opened. The plans of this new bridge, which has been…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Run Over by a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

The folly of trying to board a moving train was exemplified at Auburn railway station on Tuesday evening, as the 8.35 train was starting for Sydney. Sydney M'Kinlay (41),…

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How the World Wags. Motor-Car That Swims Elvers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 3

The Trench Minister for War has acquired a remarkable combination of an ordinary automobile with a motorboat, invented by an engineer named Ravailler. The…

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Nationalising Irish Railways

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 26

Sir Henry Lucy writes (Nov. 26) to last Saturday's "S. M. Herald":- The Royal Commission appointed two years ago to inquire into the conditions,…

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Cycling and Motoring. Automobile Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 10

The run arranged by the Automobile Club to Port Hacking on Saturday has had to be postponed. This has been found necessary swing to the majority of the members taking part in the proceedings at the Kitchener…

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Railway to Hillston. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 5

Sir,—As a resident of this district for the past twenty years, I wish to be permitted to ventilate through your widely circulated columns the unreasonable conditions under which…

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Desires to Visit Chili. Discussion with Chilian Consul. the Trans-andean Railway. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

Whilst Lord Kitchener was in Newcastle this morning he expressed a wish to see the Consul for Chill (Mr. Manuel Gundelach). The latter waited upon him at the Northern…

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Coogee Grievances. More Trams Wanted

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

The members of the Coogee District Progress Association held their regular monthly meeting at St. Nicholas' School Hall last evening, and the attendance was large and…

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Greta and Aberdare Railways. the Service Reduced. West Maitland

The Star · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

Owing to the shortage of coal the East Greta Company has decided to reduce the number of passenger trains on the East Greta and Aberdare railways to two trains each…

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The Country. Motorists Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 4

PENRITH, Wednesday.-- At the Penrith Police Court the motorists caught driving over 10 miles an hour at St. Marys on December 12 by the "Mayor (Ald. Carpenter), Inspector Harvey,…

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Tramway Connection Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

Mr. Daniel Levy, M.L.A. for Darlinghurst, has repeatedly made representations to the Government in regard to a proposed connection of the South Head tramway with Bellevuc-hill line at…

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Spit to Manly Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 6

Preliminary operations in connection with the construction of the tram line from the Spit to Manly were started on Monday. The ceremony of turning the first sod will be performed by…

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Developments in Motor Car Design

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 11

Referring to motor car design, "Engineering" says that, generally speaking, there are very few novelties, though there is naturally an improvement in detail, and a general…

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Possible Visit to Chile. the Trans-andean Railway. Lord Kitchener's Interest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1910 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.-- This morning, upon returning from the inspection of the site of the proposed fort at Stockton, Lord Kitchener saw Mr. Manuel Gundelach, Consul for…

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